Midnight at St. Francis Xavier in Birmingham…
..the parking lot is full
..as is the church
The latecomer missed the Living Rosary,, but caught the end of Las Mañanitas and the Danzantes both inside
..and out:
Mary, in fact, is wholly associated with the victory of Jesus Christ, her Son, over sin and death; she is free from every shadow of death and is completely filled with life. – Pope Benedict XVI 12/8
Mass – one of several around these parts – tomorrow night at 7.
Mass in Rome – 5:30 Italy time. Program – for the “Holy Mass for Latin America” – here.











I’m struck in these last two sets of photos of how the new cameras handle low light perfectly…..having once spent cold nights on the Newport ocean cliffs trying to manually expose a 35mm to capture the moon over the ocean. Don’t ask.